Category Archives: Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Peace on Earth — FMS611

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We’re back with another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is provided by our favorite Bay Stater stamper, Jen Mitchell. Take a look at her fun square sketch:

After playing around with a new bundle, the Warmest Heart Bundle for over an hour, I gave up and changed course completely. I had fun creating cute little thermoses with the Warmest Heart Bundle but I just couldn’t get happy with trying to make them work with the sketch. So I completely changed course and decided to make a Christmas card using the Christmas Classics Bundle.

I paired the Bundle with the Joy of Christmas dsp. It was fun to make a square card. I don’t make them very often, but always enjoy it when I do.

Remember I mentioned that I wanted to use the Warmest Heart Bundle and then threw in the towel in frustration as I couldn’t make it work with the sketch? Well, I noticed that one of our other more talented designers, Linda Callahan, made a beautiful card with it. So be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what she and the rest of the design team made for your inspiration! And then be sure to make your own card using the sketch and post it to the gallery so we can all see it.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Irresistible Paper Flowers — FMS610

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us via Jen Timko, who always wows me with her coloring and clean card making skills. Take a look at her sketch:

Not gonna lie — I struggled with this one. I’ve been struggling with card making in general for a while now. I started with leaves for the circles and then tried a couple of other things and just didn’t like what I came up with. So here it is. I’m still not thrilled, but I decided to call it a day.

I ended up cutting out some flowers with the Paper Florist Dies using some of the Hello, Irresistible dsp. The three dsp strips on the card are from the same dsp pack. The sentiment is from the Lasting Joy stamp set.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Dog Day Birthday — FMS609

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes to us via Judy Rozema, our theater-loving Nebraskan friend and she has a good one. Take a look:

My youngest has a birthday on Friday, so I knew what kind of card I wanted to make with the sketch. Since she’s a big dog lover and The Zoo Crew suite has some images that are perfect for a birthday celebration, I knew what products I wanted to use. That’s over half of the work done for me!

I started by cutting out the partying puppy from a piece of the Zoo Crew dsp. I stamped some of the confetti on a square of white card stock on which I had blended some Pumpkin Pie ink and colored the confetti with markers before placing the puppy on the square.

The sentiment is from the Something Fancy stamp set. I placed a little flag from Lemon Lime Twist card stock under it. Another piece of dsp was used on the card base. I blended some Pool Party ink on it.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Holly Greetings — FMS608

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It’s time for a new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is provided by the talented and creative Jacquie Southas. Take a look at her fun sketch:

Well, I have to say this sketch threw me for a loop! After meditating for a while, I decided to use some of the dies from the Christmas Classics die collection.

I started by stamping some of the greenery using Old Olive ink and the Christmas Classics stamp set over some Daffodil Delight blended ink on a white piece of card stock. I then cut out some holly leaves and berries using Garden Green card stock and some old Cherry Cobbler glimmer paper.

The sentiment is also from the Christmas Classics stamp set.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week! Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Deck the Halls — FMS607

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is my turn to provide the sketch and serve as the hostess. I made a sketch with some layers this week, so you can use up some dsp or play with some new color combinations, or you could just wow us with something totally clever, which does seem to happen every week. Here is the sketch:

I hadn’t used the new Joy of Noel nor the Christmas Classics stamp sets yet, and thought they would pair up nicely for this sketch.

I started by stamping the boughs of greenery twice on a card-sized piece of white card stock. I colored it with my alcohol markers and then cut about a half inch off the card stock all the way around without cutting any of the greenery.

The sentiment was embossed and then cut out with a die from the coordinating Christmas Classics dies, and I added some old red rhinestones as embellishments.

This was all layered on a piece of designer paper from the Joy of Christmas dsp pack.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Taco Trio — FMS606

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We’re back with another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our Aussie queen of collages and wizard with the scissors, Narelle Farrugia, is our hostess. Take a look at her fun sketch:

When I saw those three circles, I thought of tacos. Truth be told, I’m often thinking of tacos and there are lots of awesome places to get tacos here in Texas. And in honor of National Taco Day (Yes, that’s really a thing!) which is today, I thought the cute tacos in the Taco Fiesta stamp set would work well with the sketch and the holiday.

I stamped the tacos, colored them with Copic markers, and then cut them out with my paper snips (in honor of our hostess, Narelle).

We hope you’ll join us and make your own card using the sketch! Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Festive Rhino — FMS605

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We’re back with another new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it comes all the way from New Zealand, courtesy of our gifted creator of anything made with ink, Karren Johnson. Take a look at her fun sketch:

The Festive & Fun stamp set has been sitting on my shelf for a little while, and I thought one of the images would work well for this sketch.

I colored the image with alcohol markers and then cut it out with one of the new Deckled Circles Dies. The sentiment is from the stamp set too and was embossed with some old Cherry Cobbler embossing powder.

The dsp is from the Joy of Christmas pack. I added some old ribbon for something to fill the top of the circle.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Fruitful Fall Flowers — FMS604

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week our sketch comes from Celine Ribon, our favorite French card making artist. Take a look at her fun sketch:

Wanting to use something other than a leaf for my card, I pulled out the new Fruitful Blessings stamp set. I colored the image with alcohol markers and then cut it out with my paper snips. There are coordinating dies for this set, which would have made this process much easier but I didn’t order the dies. I was kinda regretting that when I was cutting with my snips, but cutting is fun too.

I blended some Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wheat and Crushed Curry inks with a blending brush onto a piece of white card stock. I then used a die from the Autumn Leaves dies collection to add the pierced holes to the card stock. I looped some baker’s twine underneath the focal image and added some Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots as embellishments. The sentiment is also from the Fruitful Belssings stamp set.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Plaid & Leaves — FMS603

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It’s time for another new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and this week it is provided by our favorite Canadian mountain trekker, Jen Brum. Take a look at her fun sketch:

I’m starting to feel the possibility of Fall here. We supposedly had our last 100 degree day last week, and while it doesn’t feel like the dog days of Summer anymore, I know Fall is still a few weeks away. However, it’s fun to look ahead and make cards as if it were just around the corner.

I started this card by stamping the Crumb Cake card base with the Sketched Plaid background stamp using Versamark ink. I then cut out the leaves from some All About Autumn dsp using the Autumn Leaves dies and cut some of the leaf veins/twigs from some Very Vanilla card stock, which I adhered to a strip of Very Vanilla.

The sentiment is from the coordinating Autumn Leaves stamp set and was stamped with Pretty Peacock ink. I am so glad to have this color back! I love it so much!

Some linen thread and Adhesive-Backed Speckled Dots were added as embellishments.

We hope you’ll join us and create your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you make as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to head to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate a Birthday — FMS602

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We’re back with another new sketch for you over at Freshly Made Sketches. And it come to us via Kim Singdahlsen, our favorite Coloradan, who makes the most thoughtful cards. Take a look at her fun sketch:

I needed to make a birthday card for a friend’s birthday this week, and I thought the new Year to Celebrate stamp set in the new mini catalog would be perfect.

I picked some bright and happy colors — Tahitian Tide, Parakeet Party and Lemon Lolly for the colors. I stamped the party favor and cut it out with my paper snips. And then did the same with the sentiment.

I added a small strip of Bright & Beautiful dsp to work with the sketch, and scattered some adhesive dots for embellishments, as well as some baker’s twine.

This is a fun stamp set! I love how easy it is to make multi-colored images.

We hope you’ll join us and make your own card using the sketch! We love to see what you create as we browse the gallery each week. Meanwhile, be sure to stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site to see what the design team has created for your inspiration!

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!